When 89-year-old retired banker Donald Triplett died quietly at his home in Forest, Missouri, in 2023, his passing made headlines for one fact alone: He was the first person ever diagnosed with autism.

How the ‘Spirituality in Nature’ Movement Fosters Eco Stewardship

The conservation world went quiet on May 29 when Valmik Thapar—India’s "Tiger Warrior"—took his last breath. For 50 years, his raspy voice had thundered through bureaucratic halls, fighting for Bengal tigers when only 1,411 remained. There are 3,167 today.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm—and is causing a storm of controversy over its gargantuan electricity appetite and its insatiable thirst for fresh water to cool the heat its generation produces. Moreover, observers are alarmed by the pressure AI production is putting on aging grid infrastructure and the increased carbon emissions it can entail.

Through some of Europe’s most stunning countryside, an epic 167-mile story flows—a story of how courage, determination, and sacrifice by ordinary people saved one of the continent’s last surviving “wild” rivers.